Am I Irish?

Dr_Phil

Quick question, as a foreigner: when do you consider a person to be Irish:

1. When has an Irish citizensip
2. Was born in Ireland
3. Born in Ireland from Irish parents, who were born from Irish parents, etc, etc..
4. Is just well integrated into society and the lifestyle


Cheers.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

When he moans about politicans and then votes Fianna Fail in 3 (three) consecutive elections.

Mad_Max

When they pay taxes.

robbie_998

when his parents parents and his parents are all irish born in ireland and when they are born in ireland them selves,

pretty much when they are all irish born, all the crap about not having irish parents but being born in ireland, the government makes you irish is gone, they stopped that.

dreamers75

Can you play for ireland ?



sadly thats the criteria.

Nettie

If you've lived here most your life and your parents (or maybe just one) are Irish.

aftermn

Don't know for sure, but think if you are born here you qualify. Certainly if you are born here of at least 1 irish citizen, then you qualify.

If you are a multi-millionaire from Arabia, you certainly qualify, irrespective of birth.

wudangclan

When you have an Irish accent.

Holsten

Born here, parents born here.

Lirael

robbie_998 wrote: »

when his parents parents and his parents are all irish born in ireland and when they are born in ireland them selves,

pretty much when they are all irish born, all the crap about not having irish parents but being born in ireland, the government makes you irish is gone, they stopped that.

not actually, when I child is born to non-Irish parents who lived there for 5 years may be awarded Irish citizenship :P

Quazzie

Your Irish when you wake up dying with a hangover and your first thought is that another drink will cure it.

Abi

Dr_Phil wrote: »

Quick question, as a foreigner: when do you consider a person to be Irish:

1. When has an Irish citizensip
2. Was born in Ireland
3. Born in Ireland from Irish parents, who were born from Irish parents, etc, etc..
4. Is just well integrated into society and the lifestyle


Cheers.

It's a trap!


Why you wanna know?

Lirael

wudangclan wrote: »

When you have an Irish accent.

try to speak other languages with no irish accent :P

I'd say I may have better irish accent than u might speak my language no offence

robbie_998

Lirael wrote: »

not actually, when I child is born to non-Irish parents who lived there for 5 years may be awarded Irish citizenship :P

how long ago was that ?

if your born here and your parents werent it does not make you irish.

the government stopped that !

it now must be irish roots etc.

no more of that your born here therefore your irish crap, its gone

Dr_Phil

Abigayle wrote: »

It's a trap!


Why you wanna know?

I've loads of questions my dear... There's just not enough cans.

opinion guy

I agree with wudangclan - its all in the accent

Sharpshooter

If you are born in Ireland, then you are an Irish citizen.

Afaik it doesn't matter what nationality your parents are, but if they are different to yours then you have dual citizenship re whatever country they were born in.

This I know because of my liking of Wrestling believe it or not.

PatrickD32

The subject of original post was "am i irish" then in original post you never say whch category of list you gave that you fall into?

So who knows what you are.

Maybe a confused foreigner mingling with Irish people

Id say they all kind of are Irish in way, just different.

True irish is born here! Otherwise you are where you were born/reared etc

ShaneU

Born here.

partyatmygaff

If you were born here and have lived here all your life you become Irish - (Whatever other nationality
Kind of like Irish-American.

Lirael

robbie_998 wrote: »

how long ago was that ?

if your born here and your parents werent it does not make you irish.

the government stopped that !

it now must be irish roots etc.

no more of that your born here therefore your irish crap, its gone

no, they stopped giving irish citizenship to children born of non irish parents despite the lenght of stay there

I may be wrong, but I have read it somewhere that a child may be naturalized after the parents stayed at least 5 years in the state and the parents do not have to ...

though I'd say that no foreigner will ever be real Irish even if they had a passport with lire

Abi

Dr_Phil wrote: »

I've loads of questions my dear... There's just not enough cans.

Give it to us in short hand then darling.

IzzyWizzy

As most of this responses to this thread probably tell you, you will never be accepted as Irish if every single one of your ancestors weren't Irish. If you have a skin tone darker than pasty white, you will never be considered Irish, no matter how well you hold your drink, how much of an Irish accent you have and how Irish your last name is. I am seen as Irish to everyone but the Irish. I've gone way past caring, since I've dual nationality and the other one is much more accepting, despite me having spent much less of my life there.

IzzyWizzy

Sharpshooter wrote: »

If you are born in Ireland, then you are an Irish citizen.

Afaik it doesn't matter what nationality your parents are, but if they are different to yours then you have dual citizenship re whatever country they were born in.

This I know because of my liking of Wrestling believe it or not.

Erm, did you miss that whole referendum thing a few years back?

kowloon

Anyone who wants to be Irish can be Irish if they don't act the £$%&*.

Not big into the idea of nationalism.

robbie_998

Lirael wrote: »

no, they stopped giving irish citizenship to children born of non irish parents despite the lenght of stay there

I may be wrong, but I have read it somewhere that a child may be naturalized after the parents stayed at least 5 years in the state and the parents do not have to ...

is that not what i said in a nut shell ?

if your born here but you parents weren't then your not irish

basically your parents and parents parents must be in someway irish or have irish roots,

mikom

Dr_Phil wrote: »

Quick question, as a foreigner: when do you consider a person to be Irish:

1. When has an Irish citizensip
2. Was born in Ireland
3. Born in Ireland from Irish parents, who were born from Irish parents, etc, etc..
4. Is just well integrated into society and the lifestyle


Cheers.

Forget all that.
You are Irish if you can answer yes to one or both of the following questions.

1. Have you ever worked a full week in the bog, turnin', footin', stuckin' turf?

2. Have you ever wanked and subsequently sprayed whilst thinking about Australia?

partyatmygaff

robbie_998 wrote: »

is that not what i said in a nut shell ?

if your born here but you parents weren't then your not irish

basically your parents and parents parents must be in someway irish or have irish roots,

Those that are born to parents not born in Ireland never really have a true nationality. In Ireland they are viewed as foreign and in their parents home country they are viewed as Irish.

IMO, if you grow up in Ireland you're Irish.

Lirael

robbie_998 wrote: »

is that not what i said in a nut shell ?

if your born here but you parents weren't then your not irish

basically your parents and parents parents must be in someway irish or have irish roots,

hell, but what about NATURALIZATION??????????

Dr_Phil

IzzyWizzy wrote: »

As most of this responses to this thread probably tell you, you will never be accepted as Irish if every single one of your ancestors weren't Irish.

Ha, it reminds me of experiment a few English lords went for, being 1000% sure they are all pure English blood - gene testing. The result was... a bit surprising: only one of them was in 40% English, the other lads were barely getting 20%.

Ah, lovely Irony..

dsmythy

Citizen + Well Integrated + Liking what you are integrated into = Irish in my book.